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PM urges people to follow COVID-19 protocols during celebration of festivals

How the FM can make it a never before Budget. Top experts weigh in Illustration by Nilanjan Das Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Budget 2021 in the backdrop of an exceptionally chaotic 2020. In Q1 of FY21, Indias lockdown-struck gross domestic product (GDP) contracted an unprecedented 23.9 per cent, the worst among major economies. When the economy opened up, pent-up demand pushed up consumption, but GDP still shrank 7.5 per cent in Q2. And even though the RBI predicts that the ...